Businesses furious to learn part of Malibongwe Drive to be closed for two weeks
Businesses and motorists who will be directly affected by the closure of a section of Malibongwe Drive in Johannesburg are devastated by the plan‚ saying it will result in serious losses.Judith Biti‚ who manages an Engen filling station on Malibongwe Drive in Kya Sands‚ said she had not known about the closure until TimesLIVE advised her."If you had not walked into my filling station‚ I would not have known! I don’t even know how I’m going to lodge a complaint. This will have a devastating impact on us. Employees will have to sit at home for two weeks. This means they will not get paid. I’m talking about 25 people," Biti said on Thursday.This week, the Gauteng department of roads and transport announced the closure of a stretch of Malibongwe Drive’s northbound section and the "accommodation of traffic on the southbound carriage" between the Epsom Avenue and River Road intersections.The department said motorists must note that the 700m stretch in the northbound section between Epsom ...
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